Poetry Definitions Flashcards

A short poem that expresses the thoughts and feelings of a single speaker.

A poem that tells a story.

<p>The speaker serves the same function as the narrator in a story; to tell the poem.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Lines are the individual lines of text in a poem, while stanzas are groupings of these lines.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The stressed and unstressed syllables of words.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Rhythm patterns built on the arrangement of stressed and unstressed syllables.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>feet</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A metrical foot that mimics the rise and fall of natural speech.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A stressed syllable followed by an unstressed syllable.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Two stressed syllables in a row.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A stressed syllable followed by two unstressed syllables.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Two unstressed syllables followed by a stressed syllable.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A sound device commonly associated with poetry.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Techniques that create musical effects.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Words that end in both the same vowel and the same consonant sounds.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Words that end in similar but not exact sounds.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Rhyming words that fall at the ends of two or more lines.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Rhyming words placed within a line.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>rhyme scheme</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The use of any language element more than once.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The repetition of vowel sounds followed by different consonants in two or more stressed syllables.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The repetition of final consonant sounds in stressed syllables with different vowel sounds.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The use of words to imitate sounds.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Literal definition.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Emotional associations.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The poet's emotional attitude toward his or her subject.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Descriptive language that creates word pictures.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Language that is not meant to be interpreted literally.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Compares two things using the words 'like' or 'as'.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Compares two things by stating one thing in terms of something else.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Gives human qualities or abilities to nonhuman things.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A type of poetry that exhibits poetic language but does not follow fixed patterns.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Follows fixed established patterns.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A songlike narrative poem that often features repetition and strong meter.</p> Signup and view all the answers